Research, Survey and Statistics

Fraud has become a nation-wide epidemic, a new think tank report claims.

Clone fraud victims lost £78m to scammers pretending to be legitimate financial services businesses in 2020 with reports to authorities rocketing during the first national lockdown, Action Fraud data revealed.

Towards the end of 2020, data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) revealed that every five minutes a fraudulent insurance claim is uncovered, with 107,000 such claims (worth around £1.2 billion) uncovered by insurers in 2019.

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Fraudsters use uncertainty to ramp up their efforts, capitalising on change to trick businesses out of money

The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau says it has achieved improved transparency with the public, as well as saving 3,500 staff hours and £100,000

The number of alleged fraud crimes heard in courts across the North West decreased by 36% in 2020, according to KPMG’s annual Fraud Barometer.

There was a dramatic drop in the volume and value of fraud cases coming to courts in the Midlands in 2020, as measures introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure and postponement of many court operations.

The average value of items attempted to purchase by fraudsters rose to over $700 between October and November this year, marking a 70% year-on-year increase in comparison to the same period in 2019. That’s according to San Francisco based internet researcher Sift’s, Q4 2020 Digital Trust and Safety Index.

‘Three Wise Warnings’ for consumers to look out for this Christmas as fraudsters attempt to steal two-thirds of average gift spend.

Is your organisation ready to respond to fraud in the right way?

The evolving landscape of fraud is causing increased disruption to businesses. We asked questions around the types of fraud they had experienced, the impact it had and what they’d done to prevent it happening again.

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